This was taken obviously from the airplane. I had to put it in because even the long flight was nice. It's amazing how relaxing a flight can be without the kids!! I got a lot of reading and sleeping in - I LOVED it!
We saw some amazing things on our first day. Chris picked us up at the airport. We went to his house and ate lunch and then hit the road seeing sites. We quickly figured out the metro and found it is so easy to get around Spain. We started at La Familia Sagrada. It's an AMAZING cathedral that has been in the works since the late 1800's and still has about 40 more years before it will be finished!!
I am in the blue jeans. Look how tiny I look compared to this massive cathedral!! And this is just a very small portion of the whole cathedral!! The pictures don't do it justice. It really is an amazing structure!!
We got to go up into some of the towers on this cathedral
This is another side of the church. Aren't these crazy looking??!
Andy and I both loved all the words found on the cathedrial walls such as prayer and sacrifice
We had to walk down this staircase. As you can see it was very narrow and winding.
This is just a portion of the inside. As you can see it was a spectacular site anywhere we looked!
This is me up in one of the towers overlooking Barcelona
The detail on this cathedral is AMAZING!! This is one tiny section. It's really cool. It depicts Christ's birth. On one side are the wise men. The other side are the shepherds. Christ and Mary are in the center.
This is the block of discord. Look at these amazing buildings!!
Our second stop of the day was Casa Mila. This is another structure done by Goudi the same person who started Familia Sagrada. The entire building is wavy. It flows like waves.
This shot just shows the curves all along this building.
Our favorite part of Casa Mila was the roof top. There is a great view but it is also covered with these interesting structures which look so fancy but all they were were a bunch of vents for the house! Just as the house was not built with flat walls the roof top wasn't either. It slopes up and dips down! We were in awe. We loved it!
Cathedral in Segovia
Isn't this so pretty?
We took a quick side trip to La Granja. They call it the "Little Versailles" It was a pretty palace.
One of the funniest things of the entire trip happened in this moment. Some women who couldn't speak English or Spanish approached us wanting us to pay them if they'd give us back rubs. Well I am never one to turn down a back rub. However, we kept telling them "No!" But then the lady said she'd just quickly show me how it'd feel and she lowered the price. I was totally stuck. How could I possibly say no. It felt good after a LONG day of walking. Not only did we get awesome back and head rubs but then they ripped off our shoes and socks and rubbed our nasty sweaty feet. Amy and I were laughing sooooo hard. It was definitely a moment you had to be there for but I will never forget it! (I think it was entertaining for our husbands! They just sat back taking pictures of us and shooing off others trying to give them back rubs!)
Check out the size of this fish!!
Bull Fight
I was really excited when we got tickets to a bull fight. I thought it was guy running round trying not to get killed by a bull. I thought it was more like a rodeo. Well, obviously I didn't know what a bull fight was really all about......
They spear the bull who knows how many times and put on a show throughout the evening. Ultimately the bull falls to it's death. They did this to 6 bulls the night we went. It felt a bit barbaric although I will say it was fascinating to see this part of their culture. I would never choose to see another fight again though.
And the ice cream happened just about everyday. It is soooooo good and we walked soooooo many miles everyday that we probably should have had 2 ice creams a day!!! Ha!
Dinner anyone?!?!? We saw LOTS of interesting things here!
We are sitting on a really cool bench. the back has the coolest tiles. I LOVED it.
This is what the back of the bench looks like
This is still in Park Guell. Does this remind you of the smurf homes?
We got to go up into some of the towers on this cathedral
This is another side of the church. Aren't these crazy looking??!
We had to walk down this staircase. As you can see it was very narrow and winding.
This is just a portion of the inside. As you can see it was a spectacular site anywhere we looked!
This is me up in one of the towers overlooking Barcelona
The detail on this cathedral is AMAZING!! This is one tiny section. It's really cool. It depicts Christ's birth. On one side are the wise men. The other side are the shepherds. Christ and Mary are in the center.
This is the block of discord. Look at these amazing buildings!!
This shot just shows the curves all along this building.
Our favorite part of Casa Mila was the roof top. There is a great view but it is also covered with these interesting structures which look so fancy but all they were were a bunch of vents for the house! Just as the house was not built with flat walls the roof top wasn't either. It slopes up and dips down! We were in awe. We loved it!
